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Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. medicaginis (fusarium wilt of alfalfa )
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. medicaginis
fusarium wilt of alfalfa
Fusarium medicaginis
Asia: Japan; Europe: Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia; North America: Canada, USA; South America: Brazil.
AL, AZ, CA, CO, IL, IA, KS, MD, MN, MS, MT, NE, NC, OR, PA, WI.
2024-12-21
fungus
Sudan
Main: alfalfa; Other: vetch
FUSAMD
F. oxysporum f.sp. medicaginis may be naturally dispersed by wind and in water and soil. The pathogen moves locally on farm equipment used for harvesting foliage (CABI).
1 Known Hosts
Medicago sativa
alfalfa
No
FUSAMD-2, CABI CPC, RICH ISTA
Seed pathway speculated in one reference (FUSAMD-2) but no evidence presented to prove seed is a pathway. Other references listed do not indicate that seed is a pathway for this pathogen.
FUSAMD-2
Neergaard, P. 1977. Seed Pathology Volume 1. McMillian Press, London, UK 839pp
CABI CPC
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
RICH ISTA
Richardson, MJ. 1990. An Annotated List of Seedborne Diseases. International Seed Testing Association, Zurich Switzerland.
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